He gives up on the cup and lets his hand drop. It was so much easier when Liling did it for him, but even in this state, he has too much pride to ask Zizhen for help. It was fine. He got enough that he could talk, which was the important thing right now.
"Were you?" He asks, surprised. He looks up at Zizhen with a frown. Did his friends really care? It warms his heart to hear that, even if he was having some trouble believing it. He wants to but it was hard when he's been feeling so alone. "You were supposed to be taking care of Yuan," he complains instead, trying to cover up how much that news had meant to him.
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Lan Zhan sets the scroll down too and gives the young man a small smile.
"Would you like some tea?" He offers. It might be a little abrupt given Yuan just walked in the door, but he was nervous. What if Yuan doesn't like the name or worse, doesn't want a courtesy name? He'd shared some of these worries with his husband already, but had mostly gotten teased and gently reassured it was silly. That didn't make them fully go away though.
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2021-09-03 12:41 (UTC)"Were you?" He asks, surprised. He looks up at Zizhen with a frown. Did his friends really care? It warms his heart to hear that, even if he was having some trouble believing it. He wants to but it was hard when he's been feeling so alone. "You were supposed to be taking care of Yuan," he complains instead, trying to cover up how much that news had meant to him.
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Lan Zhan sets the scroll down too and gives the young man a small smile.
"Would you like some tea?" He offers. It might be a little abrupt given Yuan just walked in the door, but he was nervous. What if Yuan doesn't like the name or worse, doesn't want a courtesy name? He'd shared some of these worries with his husband already, but had mostly gotten teased and gently reassured it was silly. That didn't make them fully go away though.